Henri C Ducard

“Thus defenceless Hook found him. He stood silent at the foot of the tree looking across the chamber at his enemy. Did no feeling of compassion stir his sombre breast? The man was not wholly evil; he loved flowers (I have been told) and sweet music (he was himself no mean performer on the harpsichord); and, let it be frankly admitted, the idyllic nature of the scene shook him profoundly.”
― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

“We believe that, despite a possibly cruel temperament and an impetuous nature that she followed throughout her life, Madame Delphine Macarty Lopez Blanque Lalaurie was not a serial killer, a sexual sadist or a perpetrator of bizarre medical experiments. She was a willful, spoiled, beautiful Creole socialite whose temper led her down the path of infamy.”
― Victoria Cosner Love, Mad Madame LaLaurie: New Orleans' Most Famous Murderess Revealed

“He was testing her, patronizing her.
He thought she was lesser.
He thought she would lose.
She would prove him wrong.”
― Delilah S. Dawson, Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade

“We are, all of us, always being tested, my friend. Tests make us stronger, and strength is power, and power is the point. We must pass all the tests we face… Or die in the effort.”
― Paul S. Kemp, Lords of the Sith